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"Sotomayor on losing end in Ohio man's death appeal"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this AP article detailing what appears to be Justice Sotomayor's first notable vote in what appears to be the last legal hope for an Ohio death-row defendant. Here are the basics: Sotomayor made what appears to be her first public decision as a justice on Monday, voting unsuccessfully to delay the execution of an Ohio death row inmate.  She voted along with the court's liberal bloc ? Justices John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer ? to stop the execution of Jason Getsy, whose execution is Tuesday. In related news, the Sixth Circuit yesterday refused to consider the Getsy case en banc, though the order to that effect, which is available here, included a number of notable dissents.continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 18, 2009 (boomark / email).